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I had the honor of helping @kikodoran and @tuniversitybook create an iBook that was featured in the iBooks store AND #1 in non-fiction.

@nyjets76forlife @Brand_Allen Not an expert, but I read it as slightly bad. She clearly wins on abortion and state of democracy. Polls show she's 2-3% ahead on the economy. Immigration and foreign policy are where he's stronger, but that's just 15% to her 49%, and her slight edge in the 31% on economy.

@Brand_Allen So good or bad for Trump?

The most important issue, nationwide, per NBC preliminary exit polling (subject to change). state of democracy: 35% economy: 31% abortion: 14% immigration: 11% foreign policy: 4%

@chriswtremo @emptywheel You people have one joke. It’s EXHAUSTING.

@Deesnadine65 @MassachusettsXY @emptywheel Sure, John.

@morelclicksseo @SimonWDC @KamalaHarris She’s the best in the biz. She was within 2 pts in 16 and 20. I’m not saying past performance is indicative of future success, but there isn’t a more accurate pollsters, historically speaking.

Vice President @KamalaHarris leads the burnt orange guy 47%-44% in a new, high-quality poll of Iowa! This is a 7 point improvement for her in the last few months in a ruby red state.

@MarcBenzak @automattic @photomatt Thanks, Marc. I appreciate you so much. I hope we can get together for coffee sometime soon.

@joshbroton @automattic @photomatt And you're missed. I feel like I will be missing a lot more people shortly.

Earlier this week, Automattic and @photomatt responded to a motion filed by WP Engine. This dispute is occurring because private-equity-backed WP Engine expects to continue receiving free access to Matt’s website WordPress.org while threatening the WordPress community through its actions.

@automattic @photomatt I've mostly stayed out of the drama because I've left the WordPress community professionally, but I still use it for my personal site and have many friends who still work in WordPress. You're hurting them and the community. I beg you. Please stop.

@automattic @photomatt Listen y'all. You still have time to stop this *insanity*, roll back your bans and stupid plugin changes, and apologize. WordPress can become a happy, more inclusive community again, but it can't do that with you holding the community hostage.

@vidluther 🤌 Absolutely perfect.

So much drama in the WPC .. sorry

@kevindandy1 @JustinWolfers Dude. It's literally 3 tweets down from the one you're responding to. x.com/JustinWolfers/…

@JustinWolfers To bad Americans can’t feel your economic expansion motoring along at the grocery store, gas pump or with their ever increasing utilities, healthcare and daly living expense increases.

Wowza: HUGE jobs report. September payrolls grew +254k, well above expectations. August payrolls revised up +17k to +159k, and July revised up +55k to +144k. Unemployment fell to 4.1% This economic expansion that is motoring along.

@mediaking Dial up... both ways... in the snow.

The moment I realized I am no longer a young person is when I was speaking to a group of college kids recently and telling them what the Internet was like before they were born.

@mor10 Thanks Morten. I’ve really been enjoying your commentary on the drama. I’ve been out of the community long enough this all comes as a shock.

To all WordPress and Linux users out there. Image how would react if Ubuntu (for example) blocked your servers from receiving updates and installing new packages because you never contributed back or donated to Ubuntu. If they found the IP ranges for all your servers and got it blocked. That's what WordPress (well, someone that manages wordpress[.]org) is doing against WPEngine. Clearly, you can't rely on them anymore for your sites, for updates or for your security. We need more mirrors of the WordPress code / plugins / themes so people that are blocked can access and keep their sites updated and secure. Decentralize.

@Pressable Yikes. I’ve been with you since you were ZippyKid. I’ve recommended you countless times. I’m looking for a new host tomorrow. Be better.

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@mediaking @photomatt I've been following this closely since I have so many friends still working with WordPress. They're scared and considering leaving the community, or at the very least stopping their volunteer work. It's rough.

@photomatt Dude you are on the wrong side of history on this one.

Here is Automattic's C&D against WP Engine: automattic.com/2024/09/25/ope…

@Britta16 @LisaSabinWilson @WordCampUS Ooof that’s harsh. Did they decide to be anti-.com?

@joshbroton @LisaSabinWilson @WordCampUS This is a snippet. But try to find the state of the word.

A big thank you to WP Engine for their Super Admin-level sponsorship this year. We appreciate WP Engine for helping to make this event possible and for their ongoing support of the WordPress community. us.wordcamp.org/2024/sponsor/w… #WCUS

@Britta16 @LisaSabinWilson @WordCampUS Wait wait wait. WTF happened?!? I am totally out of the loop but dying to know!

@LisaSabinWilson @WordCampUS Ouch indeed.

@ImSoSarah @deb_fillman @moseskagan Nope! It seems to be your job to insist on a reality wholly disconnected from the real world. Best to you as well.

@joshbroton @deb_fillman @moseskagan It’s not my job to educate you on basic economics. Best to you.

In my mid-forties, I’ve now been paying attention long enough to be able to feel the compounding effect of 2% national GDP growth. All aspects of material culture are better than when I was a kid: - Everyone has an Internet-connected computer / camera in their pocket - Medicine has improved to the point that people survive heart-attacks, cancer, etc. that used to kill them - More interesting, higher quality food (including in smaller cities & towns) - Good coffee everywhere - More reliable, more powerful cars that pollute less - Air travel safer & available even to the working class (much nicer airports, too) - Clothing cheaper & more comfortable - Incredible variety of media available on demand, wherever you are & so on Really drives home how even relatively slow growth massively compounds over decades & makes me incredibly optimistic about the future. Capitalism is amazing.

@ImSoSarah @deb_fillman @moseskagan Drop the data then. I am open to reinterpreting everything I'm seeing, but so far, you've named some things that are more expensive than they were 10 years ago, but have shown no data to back up your position. Until you do, I can see this conversation is going no where. Cheers!

@joshbroton @deb_fillman @moseskagan I am using real world data across the board. And if you think someone that is not yet a home owner and someone who bought in 2015 is even close to the same experience you need better education on reading stats

@ImSoSarah @deb_fillman @moseskagan I'm glad that your anecdotal experiences are more valuable than real world data.

@joshbroton @deb_fillman @moseskagan I’m glad that government line is working on you.

@ImSoSarah @deb_fillman @moseskagan I know it's hard to believe at times, but we are significantly better off in America vs almost any time in history. "Real wages" is the measure of purchasing power. This measure INCLUDES housing, healthcare, and every other element of the measure of inflation.

@joshbroton @deb_fillman @moseskagan that isnt' accurate because housing, healthcare, education, child care is SIGNIFICANTLY more